Like many children around me I bibbed and bopped to the Jackson 5. We knew the tunes and could recite the lyrics better than our own names and addresses. They were for a time, the shiznit, yo! Unlike the kids around me I liked the Jermaine led tunes best.The lyrics to my favorite from the day, I Found That Girl stayed inside me for a long, long time. And then they were gone for a time. They have returned as they are, in part anyway, my story.Now, I admit to flubbing lyrics. There are songs that I never got/get right. For years I thought Marvin Gaye sang…Alcatraz when all along he was singing… get out of class in Too Busy Thinkin’ but, I Found That Girl… no, I had it right, I do believe.
I remembered it as: Mama, life for me now is a new sensation Just like you said it would be with the right situation
Now love has a meaning and I have a goal
This feeling inside me now make destiny a hundred years old
and so on.
In light of what I found out about Too Busy Thinkin', I thought I'd look up the lyrics to satisfy a growing curiosity. As you are aware there are many lyric sites. Not all can be trusted-- imagine that.
Several give the first line as: Mama, blind for me now is a new sensation And the fourth as: This feeling inside me now may chance to be 100 years old. Many others give the first line as: Mama, pray for me now is a new sensation. And the fourth: This feeling inside me now makes yester me 100 years old.
Were I to have that conversation with mom, I would say… Mama, life for me now is a new sensation Just like you said it would be with the right situation Now love has a meaning and I have a goal This feeling inside me now makes destiny 100 years old
Mama, oh, mama, I found that girl.
The girl is one year older today and in seven days there will be cake and more. Happy Birthday, baby. Seven. More. Days.
Ah, young love. Happy Birthday to her and I'm hanging with ya' on the countdown.
ReplyDeleteI always loved Tito. I think I just liked the name.
That's just sweeter than the icing on that cake you're delivering! Well... I'll fess up to liking Michael (well, his singing at least). I did MANY a tap dance routine to his voice... Rockin' Robin being my favorite.
ReplyDeleteI'm pretty sure that the cake WON'T be the icing, but the base for all the icing to, er, come. *wince*
ReplyDeleteHave a WONDERFUL WONDERFUL WONDERFUL time with each other.
I liked The Jackson 5 and The Osmond Brothers. I remember going to my first concert of the Osmonds and actually buying this hideous purple vest because it was Donny's favorite color.
ReplyDeleteWhen you are thirteen, you can actually picture yourself married to an Osmond. Actually, I'm 49 now and I can easily imagine myself married to Tina Fey....so still the same old girl, although a few things have changed....
A week seems so manageable. Full props for making it this long!
ReplyDeleteEnjoy your *cake* Neta!
ReplyDeleteheh
Deb you are so cute, everytime I come here I get another goofy grin on my face. oxox
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